词汇 | sprawling |
释义 | sprawling adjective uk /ˈsprɔː.lɪŋ/ us /ˈsprɑː.lɪŋ/ (of a city) covered with buildings across a large area, often ones that have been added gradually over a period of time: (尤指城市建筑)杂乱无序的,散乱延伸的 sprawling suburbs蔓延的郊区 Somewhere in this sprawling metropolis, there is a secret military laboratory.在这个杂乱大都市的某个角落,有一个秘密的军事实验室。 See sprawl We pulled into a sprawling industrial complex. The sprawling medical school campus is on the grounds of a former naval academy. She moves into Manuela's tiny shack in one of the city's sprawling slums. Spreading and scattering all over the placeidiom bedaub bell bestrew billow dispersion disseminate distribution dotted around dredge dusting encroach on/upon something rambling scattered scatteringly slap something on slather smear smudge sprinkle sprawling | American Dictionarysprawling adjective us/ˈsprɔ·lɪŋ/ existing or reaching over a large area: the sprawling city of Los Angeles |
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